Inflectional Morphology Mbula language
1 inflectional morphology
1.1 verbal inflection
1.2 inflection of inalienable nouns
1.3 pronoun inflection
inflectional morphology
the types of inflectional processes in language on verbs person , number of subject, inflection of inalienable nouns person , number of genitives pronoun person/number distinctions.
verbal inflection
verbs typically index person , number of subject of sentence following set of subject prefixes:
1sg - ang
2sg - nothing ~ ku
3sg - i
1pl.inc - t
1pl.exc - am
2pl - k
3pl - ti
inflection of inalienable nouns
mbula contains class of nouns obligatorily inflected genitive suffixes. inalienable describes semantic nature of nouns. is, semantically considered in speakers’ minds inalienable or inseparable something. examples include body parts , family members – concepts exist in relation else, way edge cannot exist without being edge of something. following list of genitive suffixes:
gen.1sg - ng
gen.2sg - m
gen.3sg - vnv
gen.1pl.inc - ndv
gen.1pl.inc - yam
gen.2pl - yom
gen.3pl - n
pronoun inflection
pronouns in mbula inflect first, second , third person singular, dual , plural, inclusive , exclusive in first person. change depending on whether in nominative, accusative, referent or locative case. following table details paradigm:
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